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Polish state-controlled companies decide to invest $620 million in coal group
Six Polish state-controlled companies have decided to invest $620 million in a newly-established state coal mining conglomerate PGG, as they stated on Tuesday, as part of an effort to save the European Union's biggest coal miner Kompania Weglowa from insolvency.
read more... 27/04/2016
RWE to limit output at Aberthaw coal plant in Wales
RWE npower will downgrade its operating hours at its 1,600 megawatt Aberthaw coal-fired power plant, the largest in Wales from April 1 next year.
read more... 26/04/2016
China to keep under control its coal-fired power capacity
China’s government said on Monday that it would strictly monitor the total capacity of its coal-fired power sector, confirming a move that had previously been pointed out by the country’s energy regulator.
read more... 25/04/2016
Engie to sell its coal assets in Poland
French energy giant Engie envisages selling its assets in Poland, including the 1800 megawatt (MW) coal fuelled power plant in the south-eastern town of Polaniec, according to Puls Biznesu daily.
read more... 19/04/2016
Closure of Longannet coal-fired power station brings the end of an era in Scotland
Scottish Power will on Thursday halt production at the country's last coal-fired power station, the 46 year old Longannet Power Station in Fife, blaming high carbon taxes and transmission charges made it “uneconomic”.
read more... 24/03/2016